

Marius Roodt
Marius Roodt is currently deputy editor of the Daily Friend and also consults on IRR campaigns. This is his second stint at the Institute, having returned after spells working at the Centre for Development and Enterprise and a Johannesburg-based management consultancy. He has also previously worked as a journalist, an analyst for a number of foreign governments, and spent most of 2005 and 2006 driving a scooter around London. Roodt holds an honours degree from the Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg) and an MA in Political Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand.
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The madness of race classification
- By Marius Roodt
- . Oct 17, 2020
The madness of race politics in South Africa was once again brought to the fore this week when it emerged that a coloured man in

The madness of race classification
- By Marius Roodt
- . Oct 17, 2020
The madness of race politics in South Africa was once again brought to the fore this week when it emerged that a coloured man in

We are owed nothing
- By Marius Roodt
- . Sep 19, 2020
A bizarre social media episode this week reflects a broader South African malady which risks condemning us to mediocrity for the foreseeable future, with little

We are owed nothing
- By Marius Roodt
- . Sep 19, 2020
A bizarre social media episode this week reflects a broader South African malady which risks condemning us to mediocrity for the foreseeable future, with little

Numbers don’t lie
- By Marius Roodt
- . Aug 15, 2020
One of the great things about a sport like cricket is that it lends itself well to statistics. A great player will have great numbers.

How bad will 2021 be for the ANC?
- By Marius Roodt
- . Aug 1, 2020
Next year, local government elections are due (in theory). Could the African National Congress (ANC) be punished at the polls again, as it was in

The hypocrisy of sports bodies on global injustices
- By Marius Roodt
- . Jul 7, 2020
Test cricket returns this week with England and the West Indies clashing from tomorrow, in Southampton. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic there will be no

How to nip the Cape independence movement in the bud
- By Marius Roodt
- . Jun 20, 2020
Cape independence is an idea that is gaining increasing traction. Although it is dismissed by most as the notion of a lunatic fringe, if the

SA needs a political reset after Covid
- By Marius Roodt
- . Jun 6, 2020
There has been much talk about how South Africa needs an economic reset after the Covid-19 crisis. There is no doubt that this is true.

Muted criticism of government does everyone a disservice
- By Marius Roodt
- . May 23, 2020
One of the most fascinating things about the current lockdown has been how many in the media have fallen in line with the government, with